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Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit कालय (kālaya), from Sanskrit कालक (kālaka), from काल (kāla) + -क (-ka). Cognate with Hindustani کالا (kālā) / काला (kālā), Marathi काळा (kāḷā), Nepali कालो (kālo).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ਕਾਲ਼ਾ • (kāḷā) (Shahmukhi spelling کاࣇا)
- black
- dark-skinned
Declension
See also
Colors in Punjabi · ਰੰਗ (raṅg) (layout · text)
| ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā), ਬੱਗਾ (baggā)
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ਕਾਲ਼ਾ (kāḷā)
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| ਲਾਲ (lāl), ਰੱਤਾ (rattā); ਸੂਹਾ (sūhā)
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ਮਾਲਟਾ (mālṭā), ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī); ਭੂਰਾ (bhūrā)
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ਪੀਲ਼ਾ (pīḷā), ਖੱਟਾ (khaṭṭā)
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| ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū), ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā), ਅੰਗੂਰੀ (aṅgūrī)
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ਸਾਵਾ (sāvā), ਹਰਾ (harā)
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| ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī), ਅਸਮਾਨੀ (asamānī)
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ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī), ਅਸਮਾਨੀ (asamānī)
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ਨੀਲਾ (nīlā)
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| ਜਾਮਨੀ (jāmnī), ਊਦਾ (ūdā)
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ਬੈਂਗਣੀ (baiṅgṇī)
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ਗੁਲਾਬੀ (gulābī)
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਲ਼ਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 536.